What kind of divination am I doing?

"If I can't make you fall asleep, I'll avoid your whole family from now on. There's a wall at the castle entrance where you can plaster as many GGs as you want!" Lu Qiao replied.

Liu Lian then extended her hand: "Deal! But wait! I won't take advantage of you. Three days, and the poster on the wall is for three days too!"

"Of course, no problem!" Lu Qiao nodded.

"You said it's a bet, so it can't be just us. Let's go down to the lobby on the first floor, and I'll get a bed!" Liu Lian explained.

This isn't about not gaining anything; it's about using yourself for publicity!

Liu Lian perfectly inherited Liu Bo's cunning, which is a case of blaming herself for it.

Lu Qiao frowned upon hearing this, but then clapped his hands: "Impressive, no wonder you're father and daughter! You've managed to turn this into a business deal. You've even made the whole Chinatown aware of it, so shouldn't the betting scheme be changed?"

"You want to raise the stakes?" Liu Lian asked, looking at Lu Qiao.

"I lost, I'll help you promote your stuff for a year!" Lu Qiao said.

"I lost. I'll teach you for free, and I'll give you all this stuff at cost price for a year!" Liu Lian's voice rose several octaves.

Liu Bo shook his head, "I already gave that to Luqiao. They always offer us their bottom price!"

Liu Lian instantly lost her temper: "Dad! What are you doing?!"

"You don't understand!" Liu Bo sighed helplessly. This was a matter of social etiquette, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Lu Qiao.

"So, you still have three days, but it's three days of 24-hour instruction, until you teach at a high intensity!" Lu Qiao explained.

"No problem, I can handle it, but can your employees handle it? Three days and twenty-four hours a day!" Liu Lian retorted.

"That's not your concern! She's more resilient than you!" Lu Qiao retorted, not afraid of Charlotte at all; after all, Charlotte was a dragon.

Liu Bo sighed and shook his head vigorously. He had seen the previous betting games before.

Lu Qiao had never lost a game, and he couldn't understand why his eldest daughter would pull such a stunt.

Liu Bo pondered: if Luqiao won, his eldest daughter would get some sleep; if Luqiao lost, he would use the incident as a publicity stunt to attract customers to his department store.

"Don't blame me if I make sure you can't get a meal in Chinatown!" Liu Lian said.

In Lu Qiao's eyes, it didn't matter who the referee was: "Okay, okay, I'll go back and prepare! I'll leave the book for now!"

"I'll wait for you for half an hour, so don't you dare not come! If you don't come, you lose!" Liu Lian shouted.

Watching Lu Qiao leave, Liu Bo said helplessly, "Daughter, you've messed with the wrong person."

Liu Lian scoffed: "He's just a conman! I'll show you the truth! I'm going to find Da Niu and make him drink two cans of Red Bull!"

Lu Qiao jogged back to the castle, realizing he had been tricked.

Luqiao arrived at his doorstep and saw the situation inside.

The black cat was in the room with Monica, explaining what had happened during the day.

Charlotte was wiping the windows when Lu Qiao shouted, "Charlotte, come here for a second!"

Charlotte turned and saw Lu Qiao, then quickly ran up to him: "Manager, while you were out, I made another $1,500!"

Lu Qiao, panting, asked, "Can you crush your dragon scales into powder yourself?"

"What's wrong, shopkeeper? Of course you can!" Charlotte looked at Lu Qiao, puzzled.

Lu Qiao pointed to the room: "Take the scales from under the bed, crush them, and give them to me!"

"Understood!" Charlotte readily agreed.

Lu Qiao then reached out, tore the sachet off Charlotte's clothes, opened it, emptied its contents, and handed it to her: "Put it in here for me!"

Charlotte went into the castle and went to her room to crush the dragon scales.

Lu Qiao caught up with Monica and asked, "You're back?"

Monica showed her phone: "The money has been transferred, can you see?"

Lu Qiao glanced at Monica's phone.

Then Lu Qiao remembered something and checked his WeChat on his phone. Wang Ming had indeed sent a message half an hour earlier: "I received the money. I'll bring you the other contracts when I have time in a few days."

Lu Qiao replied with a thank you, put his phone in his pocket, and looked at Monica again, saying, "It's solved, thank you. By the way, do you have any methods to make someone fall asleep quickly?"

"Didn't you already finish? Grinding dragon scales into powder is indeed possible, but it's a bit of a waste. What happened to you?" the black cat meowed.

"We hired a chemistry tutor for Charlotte, but she has trouble sleeping and we have some conflicts, so we set up a table and said that I can help people fall asleep peacefully, so I'll come and teach Charlotte!" Lu Qiao explained again.

Charlotte ran out of the room, clutching the sachet: "Shopkeeper, I put it in."

Lu Qiao grabbed the sachet and went out the door: "Wait for my good news!"

"Where did the store manager go?" Charlotte asked, puzzled.

Monica explained, "I went to ask your teacher!"

Black Cat stared at Lu Qiao's retreating figure, then thoughtfully tugged at Monica's sleeve: "Why don't you go after him? Lend a hand if anything goes wrong. If there's a conflict, it won't work if the other party is deliberately trying to harm him!"

……

Luqiao returned to the People's Department Store, which was packed with people.

There were significantly more people than when we first entered Luqiao. Two sales clerks were holding handwritten signs and constantly calling people in to watch the show.

Luqiao saw a sign written in red ink: "Master performs hypnosis, is he really capable or a fraud? Let's wait and see!"

A huge board with a yellow background and red lettering was held aloft as a gimmick.

This type of brand is usually used to advertise big sales, and it's clearly very effective for advertising now.

The Chinese people's inherent love of watching a spectacle has been awakened; everyone wants to know what's going on.

As Lu Qiao squeezed through the crowd, he saw that a cordon had been set up in front of the money tree.

Inside the circle was a bed with a four-piece bedding set already on it, the tags still attached. Liu Lian was now acting as the host, constantly introducing the matter, highlighting the key points, and promoting the store's products every time she got to the crucial part.

Everyone gathered around the scene, and after hearing Liu Lian's words, they chose to stay and watch the drama unfold.

Some people want to know exactly how on-site hypnosis works.

Another group wanted to know who this person was who was pretending to be a ghost.

At that moment, Liu Lian spotted Lu Qiao on the outer circle in the crowd: "This must be our Master Lu! Master Lu, do you have some amazing skill that makes people fall asleep?"

Liu Lian pointed to the road bridge, and everyone's eyes turned to look at her.

Two security guards arrived and cleared a path for Luqiao from the left and right, leading him into the cordoned-off area.

All eyes were on Lu Qiao, who smiled awkwardly, feeling as if he had been called upon by the principal to stand at the very top of the playground during the morning assembly.

Liu Lian's attire at this moment also resembled that of a sullen and bored headmaster.

Liu Lian continued, "This is Lu Qiao. He runs a fortune-telling shop for foreigners right across from our Chinatown. We know you're deceiving foreigners, so we won't say much. But today he told me he's really capable and even wants to show off his hypnotic sleep-inducing skills."

Liu Lian practically put Lu Qiao on the hot seat.

The discussions and noise at the scene never stopped, mainly because Liu Lian's words were quite forceful.

The phrase "We know we're fooling foreigners" is basically a death sentence for Luqiao.

Liu Lian spoke again: "By the way, I found a medical student friend at Harvard. Harvard is right next to Chinatown, and he should be here soon. We'll wait for him. Master Luqiao, you don't mind, do you?"

Lu Qiao gave a wry smile and muttered under his breath, "Do we really need to go that far?"

"You messed with my dad, why should I be polite to you?" Liu Lian sneered.

Liu Bo watched from the side, and Zhao Chengpeng also arrived, both of them with smiles on their faces.

Liu Bo knew the situation, but considering Luqiao's strength, Zhao Chengpeng was unaware of the situation and thought Liu Bo was trying to promote Luqiao. However, he heard a barb in Liu Bo's words, but upon reflection, it made sense; often, the tactic of praising by first criticizing is used.

At that moment, a man stretched out his hand at the door, and Liu Lian naturally pointed, and the security guard cleared the way.

The man wearing metal-framed glasses, also of Chinese descent, had already walked up to Liu Lian's side.

Liu Lian saw the man and began to explain: "This is Ma Botao, a neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School."

The man named Hengyuan waved to the crowd: "I do know that there are techniques for hypnosis, which involve using visual, auditory, or tactile stimulation combined with verbal suggestions to guide a person or animal into a semi-sleep state. I'd also like to see Mr. Lu's skills."

Lu Qiao said helplessly, "Everyone, can you raise your hand if you have trouble sleeping?"

Some people at the scene were there to join in the fun, but when it came to actually going on stage, they weren't so eager to try.

Of the hundred people present, only four raised their hands. Lu Qiao pointed and asked, "These three, come up here, or what do you want to say?"

Liu Lian looked at the three faces in front of her and pointed to the one on the right: "Not all of you need to come up, just you! If they all come up, I'm afraid some of them might be shills!"

The man who came up was about fifty years old and waved to the crowd.

Someone in the audience immediately shouted, "Isn't that Old Wang who sells candied hawthorns next door?!"

Lu Qiao pondered for a moment before asking, "Uncle, do you recognize me?"

"I don't know you. I really don't sleep much, and I'm a light sleeper. I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and lack sleep. Can you really make me fall asleep right away?" the man asked.

Lu Qiao looked at Liu Lian: "He said he doesn't recognize me anymore. Should we find someone else?"

Liu Lian looked him over and shook her head: "I know my uncle, he couldn't possibly be your shill."

Lu Qiao pointed to the bed: "I was worried you might have tampered with it. Can I check this bed?"

"Fine! I'm not that despicable," Liu Lian snorted.

Lu Qiao went up and carefully patted the bed sheet from bottom to top, all the way down to the pillow. It was all a smokescreen.

"Can I go up and try it first?" Lu Qiao asked.

"Do as you please!" Liu Lian said, a little annoyed.

Lu Qiao took out a sachet from his pocket and lay down on the bed.

Lying on my back or side, with my hands inside the blanket or under the pillow, I secretly slipped the sachet under the pillow.

Instead of raising the bridge directly, the road and bridge deliberately changed positions several times.

Until Liu Lian became impatient: "Master Lu, are you done with the test?"

Lu Qiao reluctantly got up: "Uncle, lie down."

The middle-aged man didn't mince words. He took off his shoes, lay down, and looked at the road and bridge: "What should I do next?"

"Just lie down and close your eyes, sleep however you usually sleep!" Lu Qiao replied.

Without saying a word, the uncle closed his eyes, while Lu Qiao stepped forward and began to think about what he should do.

Helpless, Lu Qiao pretended to tap the old man's head with his finger and then waited.

The man felt instantly at ease after lying down.

This was a feeling of comfort I had never experienced before, and my eyelids drooped and closed.

The powerful bridge to the dragon scales was clear to him; he had poked his head in and wanted to lie there and sleep every day.

Before Luqiao could stop, a faint snoring sound could already be heard.

It's worth noting that the scene wasn't quiet; it was quite noisy.

Lu Qiao looked at Liu Lian and retorted, "So she's asleep now? Are you going to say I hired her?"

Liu Lian stared incredulously at the snoring uncle in front of her, her face filled with disbelief.

Lu Qiao went up and patted the uncle five or six times.

The middle-aged man groggily opened his eyes: "I'm so sleepy, why did you call me?"

"Well, in public, you can go back to sleep now," Lu Qiao said with a wry smile.

The middle-aged man got up and looked at the pillow and mattress with a look of reluctance.

But the next second, the man yawned widely and left, clearly going back to sleep.

Lu Qiao looked at Liu Lian: "Do you want to try it yourself?"

Liu Lian frowned: "Da Niu!"

One of the security guards stepped forward: "Miss!"

"Go up there and try. If you can put this person to sleep, then I'll believe you!" Liu Lian shouted.

Lu Qiao naturally and respectfully pointed to the bed, and without even taking off his shoes, he lay down on it.

Lu Qiao stood in front of Da Niu and pointed at him in a pretentious manner.

Da Niu didn't mince words: "Kid, to tell you the truth, I drank two cans of Red Bull in ten minutes! If you can make me fall asleep, I'll..."

Huff! Snoring!

Loud snoring immediately filled the air.

The whole room burst into laughter, but it didn't wake up Da Niu.

Liu Lian was so angry that she reached out and grabbed Qi Da Niu's ear, forcefully pulling him off the bed.

Lu Qiao smiled wryly to the side: "I also think that the uncle who just left, and this one, might both be my shills. If you really think something's off, why don't you come up here yourself?"

The security guard, looking sleepy and helpless, said, "Miss, I really did drink two bottles of Red Bull. I don't know why I'm so sleepy! I was just... just a moment ago I was full of energy."

Liu Lian pointed and said, "Don't force me to yell at you, go back to work!"

The security guard turned and left, but after only a few steps, a yawn once again proved everything.

The onlookers got excited and started chatting among themselves.

Everyone is wondering whether the People's Department Store is putting on a show to promote the Luqiao project or something else entirely.

Liu Lian looked at Heng Yuan, who shook his head.

Hengyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, you really have some skills. Miss Liu Lian called me here because she was afraid you might use some kind of anesthetic gas or similar methods, but if you really did, they wouldn't wake up so quickly."

Liu Lian was excited, and seeing that Heng Yuan actually spoke up for the other party, she said, "Don't say anything, I'll do it!"

Liu Lian then lay down on the bed and covered herself with the blanket.

At this moment, Liu Lian was furious, but the moment she lay down on the bed, a sense of relief came over her. At this moment, Liu Lian gritted her teeth, took out the large needles she had prepared in advance, and began to frantically prick her thighs.

Liu Lian was agitated, plunging the pin into her throat as pain overwhelmed her senses: "How can I not sleep! Are you even capable?! Even if you can help them sleep, so what? Didn't you start by making me sleep? If you can't do it, you're useless!"